Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-08

From the New York Sun, To-day.
Bay Ridge scored two splendid victories yester-
day in the regatta Of the Atlantic Yacht Club,
the rule-o-thumb failure OF last year, the Allan
tic, which never captured cup before, beat the
Priscilla over the 3S-mile course by IL minutes
and Al seconds and vanquished Lieut., Henn's
cutter, the Galatea, which tried to take away our
cherished cup last season, by % minutes and 81
seconds. The feature OF the regatta was the
wonderful performance OF Mr.. j. Roger Maxwell's
Shamrock. II she had been classed with the
giants she would, with time allowance
have sailed away from all OF them. Even
as 1t was, she knocked out the Galatea
by 10 minutes and SIS seconds and
surprised the Corinthians on the Priscilla by leav.
Ing them minutes and 3S seconds aStern at the
finish It is almost foregone conclusion that she
VIII enter the trial races, TO which yachts OF the
second class are eligible, and it is not by any
means improbable that, with time allowance she
She has not been tested In heavy Weather. and hei
tenderness, very apparent in even the light wind
OF yesterday doubtless Will prevent her from sue.
cessfully wrestling with the giants In gale. But
times
The usual regatta fog and mist, literally inter.
when four guns. NED at inssrasls fro% % 1ne a 5i1n
by Capt Gregory, sent the racers OF in the follow
ing order, close hauled on the port tack, with
enormous head sails describing snowy curves:
Atlantic, II - :O6; Ttania, IL "A :25 Southern
Cross, IL 1:45:19; Hildegarde, liza: 4:S2; Fanny,
IL As :ss; Huron, n:45:53; Priscilla, IL :46:O6;
II :46:Os; Stranger, u:46:3 30; Oracle, IL 1864
Leona, 11:46:o5; Shamrock, n:47:O4 (handicap
Srsana. T II ss4 Adelaide, ii:1s ss: rs; cindsrsiIa In
IL :5O:42; Mistral, IL 1:5O:4S; Rover, IL :5l :ls;
Anadne, I:5l:2e; Rival 1852: :O4; Romer,
Maynard, IL :52:o4; Iideran, ii 50 :o4; Arab
II :54 100; Clean. II :54:36; Concord, IL :54 40
!handicapped); Hypatia, 11:54:5l; Kangaroo,
IL :57:ls; Mosquito, IL 7:B.
Attention was concentrated on the fight of the
three big yachts and the duel between the Sham
rock and the T1tania. The Atlantic led the fieet
through the Narrows, standing well into Grave
send Bay, leaving the Priscilla and the Gaiatea to
hight for second place. After succession OF short
tackS the Priscilla got the weather position. The
Shamrock followed the Tttania to the entrance OF
Gravesend Bay, and disposed OF her as eXpedtiOusy
as Sullivan might knock out a featherweight.
She sailed quickly through the steel boats lee at
II :33 and ate out TO windward TO hunt for higher
game. She got the better or the Priscilla before
pu9y i 9ne
Priscilla, 1:13:O5; Titania, 1:16:40; Fanny,
1 :16 so; Galatea, l:17:35.
Scotland LiEQtsh1p. about miles out. In the
beat thither, Through smooth sea, the Atlantic
gained 80 seconds on the Shamrock, minutes and
5 seconds on the Priscilla, and 35 seconds on the
Galatea. The Galatea gained l5 seconds on the
Shamrock and h minutes on the Priscilla. In
big black letters on the drab ightship were these
H.,
hackers OF the skimming dish say, will have some
significance when the Thistle passes the hulk
next fall In the beat from the Scotland to the
Sandy Hook Lightshtp the Atlantic gained 3 min
uteS and 25 seconds on the Shamrock, 5% minutes
on the Priscilla, and 81 minutes on the Galatea-
The shamrock picked up 2k minutes on the Pris-
ella ana 15 seconds on the Galatea. The leaders
rounded the red-hulled lghtship in this sequence,
and squared away for home: Atlantic, 2:4O :55;
Shamrock, 2:54:50; Priscilla, 2:59:2O; Galatea,
80 :O5; 11tania, 3:1O:25.
AS the yachts rounded they 1ibed their bOOms to
Starboard and dropped Sptnnaker poles to port.
In the picturesque task OF breaking out the ample
side sails the Priscilla was quickest. 1t mate
r1alized from linked white line one minute and
lightSh1p. The Atlantic and Ttania were the
Slowest in setting spinnakers. The run in TO the
Southwest Spit Buoy CNO. 80, and thence to the
home stakebOat, just beyond Fort WadswOrth,
was with the wind astern and on the quarter. In
this stretch the Priscilla beat the Galatea min
uteS 33 seconds. and the Atlantic 81 seconds The
Shamrock Outran the tall lmasted trio, beating the
Priscilla by 10 seconds, the Atlantic by A Sec
Onds and the Galatea by minutes and 43 sec
OndS. The Tltan1a did Unexpectedly well, beat
ing the Galatea by 2 minutes 50 seconds, and Suf-
fertng defeat OF only minutes and seconds
from the shamrock. The leaders finished thus:
Atlantic, Asa: %; Shamrock, :32; Priscilla,
Fanny, Oracle :32 AZ; Stranger Al 40
The other winners were: Class b, schOOners, the
Gevalia, beating the Agnes; Glass E. the Huron,
beating Htldegarde Class +, the Cinderella, beat
ing the ROmer; Class q, the Adelaide, beating the
Class H, the Rival, beating the Way
Class ], the Kangaroo. beating the Arab; Glass L,
the Sirene, beating the Pilot: Class NJ, the Mar
JOrie, beating the Mosquito. The small boats
sailed shorter courses.